Pre-Columbian Chavín culture copper alloy plaque The piece has had minor

The piece has had minor paint touch-ups for visual stabilization

large circular ear ornaments

each illustrating the Chimú mastery of figural carving in perishable media

The globular body is richly decorated in red slip with bold black curvilinear and scroll motifs

A well-preserved example of the iconic Valdivia Venus tradition

Pre-Columbian Chavín culture copper alloy plaque The piece has had minorAuthentic Pre Columbian Chavn culture copper alloy plaque, Peru, ca. 900200 BCE. This rare ceremonial plaque is hammered from a copper based alloy and decorated in repouss with classic Chavn iconography, featuring stylized anthropomorphic and zoomorphic imagery characteristic of the Chavn religious tradition. The plaque retains its original suspended metal danglers, still attached through ancient perforations along the lower edgean exceptional